It occurs to me that if somebody could link Osama bin Laden to the Toomer’s Corner oak trees, the Alabama media and the Auburn fan base would have his whereabouts, along with those of everyone else in his organization, sniffed out in a matter of days.

As with Alabama, the Bulldogs lost their star receiver when A.J. Green decided to turn pro a year early. But Georgia also lost its No. 2 receiver, as Kris Durham was a senior. That means the Bulldogs need a whole new pecking order at the position. Green was the Bulldogs’ best offensive player last season, and junior-to-be Tavarres King likely gets first crack at Green’s old go-to receiver role. King has 47 receptions in two seasons, including 27 last season. No other wide receiver had more than 11.[Emphasis added.] That was junior Marlon Brown, a former four-star recruit who basically has been invisible in his first two seasons (13 total receptions)…

Shockingly, Kirk Olivadotti didn’t resign from his position with the Redskins because he was worried about a possible NFL lockout and he doesn’t find it problematic to drop from the pro ranks to college.

“These opportunities don’t come around but every so often,” Olivadotti said in a phone interview. “But I really got excited about it after talking to Todd, who I’ve known for years, and with him having been in Dallas, he has seen the results of my work and the players I’ve coached in the NFL. This was just a great opportunity to join him, and then in talking to coach Mark Richt, and to compete in the SEC, it was just great.”

This article from the Ohio State student paper answers this musical question – Do lower academic standards provide SEC advantage in attracting football recruits? – in exactly the manner you might expect. In doing so, it combines the blindingly obvious (did you know it’s harder to get kids into Northwestern and Vanderbilt than Michigan State and Alabama?) with the grudgingly apparent (“The seven states that house SEC schools produced 87 top 250 recruits in this year’s class compared to just 38 from the seven states representing the Big Ten.”) Don’t expect to be shocked, considering the source.

But there is one bit of interest. Check out this chart and notice how close the numbers for Ohio State and Georgia are… other than, unfortunately, the final AP rankings. Compliment to Georgia, or knock on the Buckeyes?